A network of animal and environment protection groups, including Humane Society International/Canada and Pacific Wild, condemned the opening of the trophy hunting season for grizzlies and black bears in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest in April 2010.

In March 2010, CITES parties failed to support the United States' proposal to give the polar bear the strongest level of protection provided under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

In March 2010, a national poll conducted by the Environics Research Group showed 82 percent of Canadians supported banning the commercial trade in polar bear parts on the international market under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

A study entitled "The Economics of Polar Bear Trophy Hunting in Canada," jointly released in March 2010 by Humane Society International and International Fund for Animal Welfare, reveals that polar bear hunts provide little economic benefit to Canada's Inuit communities.

A study entitled "The Economics of Polar Bear Trophy Hunting in Canada," jointly released in March 2010 by Humane Society International and International Fund for Animal Welfare, revealed that polar bear hunts provide little economic benefit to Canada's Inuit communities.

In March 2010, Humane Society International/UK applauded the 198 MPs who had signed Early Day Motion 682, calling on the government to support increased protection for polar bears, ahead of the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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